Example sentences of "[vb infin] to stay [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As Lodgistix account manager Phillip Wanbon points out , different packages require different timescales for training , but he adds : ‘ We do guarantee to stay on site until we are fully satisfied that all the relevant personnel within the hotel or conference centre are competent enough to run an efficient operation with minimal help from us .
2 She did n't need to stay on Water Gypsy any more .
3 They may have to save before they marry , and both may need to stay in work for as long as possible .
4 Maybe one of her children would need to stay in hospital for weeks — could she cope ?
5 He even asked if you 'd like to stay for lunch .
6 There was no doubt in my mind at the time that Ferrari wanted him and that negotiations had reached a fairly advanced point : perhaps exactly the point Mario wanted , the point where he could go to Chapman and say that he 'd like to stay at Lotus but that Chapman had to be able to match Ferrari 's money .
7 Accommodation in College for Old Somervillians : We also warmly welcome graduates visiting Oxford , out of term , who would like to stay in College ; the Domestic Bursar can usually provide bed and breakfast at moderate rates , though not always at short notice .
8 Mont Blanc , to be sure , has existed for a long time , and probably will exist for a while yet , but it does not work to stay in existence .
9 That 's why we told Hilary he 'd have to stay for GCE year .
10 However , we would expect the effect of terminal education age to differ among people of different generations : 16 was the minimum school-leaving age for sample members aged 28 or less , whereas any respondents aged 80 or older did not even have to stay at school till they were 14 .
11 ‘ You 'll have to stay at home till the baby 's born , wo n't you ? ’
12 The school will be closed for up to a week , and pupils will have to stay at home while temporary buildings are put up on the site .
13 If you can not keep your home warm you will only have to stay in bed longer , ’ he said .
14 You do n't have to stay in bed all the time , but take it easy — and , er … watch your diet . "
15 He had an infection of the muscle and would have to stay in hospital for at least three weeks , maybe a month , while they treated him with penicillin injections .
16 At last the baby is born but you may still have to stay in hospital overnight .
17 A couple of hours of any party is enough for me , Brian has said , and we 'll have to stay until midnight , so I 'm certainly not turning up before ten .
18 Chris Ivory , chief executive at Bedale food firm Dalepak said he knew of a small company which would struggle to stay in business if it had to raise wages at the present time .
19 Meanwhile Sawyer announced the appointment of six Cabinet ministers to his interim administration and said that it did not intend to stay in power for more than a year .
20 I did n't want to stay at home I wanted to get back into education and I did n't know how to the easiest way I suppose .
21 I wanted to go to work , I I did n't want to stay at school .
22 I do n't know if I 'd want to stay in teaching , I 'd quite like to have my own nursery school .
23 We buy theatre tickets and have the restaurant booked when , if we stopped and checked what we actually wanted to do , we might find we would much prefer to stay at home and have an early night . ’
24 A core group of individuals does seem to stay in association with each other over extended periods , although there may be some coming and going within that time .
25 I wish I could afford to stay at home — in fact I did for two years .
26 What can you say about a club which apparently could not afford to stay in hotel accommodation but had no problem finding 5,000 dollars to slip into a referee 's back pocket ?
27 They explained that they were poor and that the sick man was rich and could afford to stay in bed without working .
28 In Belfast the Georgian flight crew were fined for not having proper entry visas — then the Forte Crest stepped in with cheap accommodation on learning Tbilisi could only afford to stay in university halls .
29 Compulsory treatment powers in the community are aimed at a small and highly selected group of people who , because of their illness , might pose a significant risk to their own health or safety or the safety of other people were they to remain without treatment , but who do not require to stay in hospital .
30 Sometimes I think I should offer to stay at home and look after the wee fellow myself . ’
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